SMC baseball player withdraws from college after burglary, assault charges

Taylor Randall Childers

From staff reports

Published: Monday, January 28, 2013 at 9:16 p.m.

Last Modified: Monday, January 28, 2013 at 9:16 p.m.

The family of a Spartanburg Methodist College baseball player accused of attempting to rape a woman came to the college on Monday to withdraw him from school, officials said.

Taylor Randall Childers, 19, of Royston, Ga., remained at the Spartanburg County Detention Facility on Monday awaiting a bond hearing in circuit court. He has been charged by the Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office with first-degree burglary and second-degree assault with intent to commit criminal sexual conduct, according to arrest warrants.

Authorities say Childers and some other men were drinking at the female victim's Campus Core apartment off Valley Falls Road with her and her roommates. After the men left, Childers is accused of returning at about 1:30 a.m. and removing the victim's jacket and tank top as she slept on the couch.

According to the incident report, the woman told Childers to stop, and when he went to the kitchen, the victim thought he got a knife. Childers is accused of returning to the living room, lifting the woman off the couch and dropping her. The woman told investigators that Childers became upset, punching her in the face several times before she scratched his face.

Childers ran out of the apartment naked, the incident report states, and authorities later found his clothes inside the living room. He was arrested early Sunday morning.

Master Deputy Kevin Bobo said Childers does not have a prior criminal record.

<p>The family of a Spartanburg Methodist College baseball player accused of attempting to rape a woman came to the college on Monday to withdraw him from school, officials said.</p><p>Taylor Randall Childers, 19, of Royston, Ga., remained at the Spartanburg County Detention Facility on Monday awaiting a bond hearing in circuit court. He has been charged by the Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office with first-degree burglary and second-degree assault with intent to commit criminal sexual conduct, according to arrest warrants.</p><p>Authorities say Childers and some other men were drinking at the female victim's Campus Core apartment off Valley Falls Road with her and her roommates. After the men left, Childers is accused of returning at about 1:30 a.m. and removing the victim's jacket and tank top as she slept on the couch.</p><p>According to the incident report, the woman told Childers to stop, and when he went to the kitchen, the victim thought he got a knife. Childers is accused of returning to the living room, lifting the woman off the couch and dropping her. The woman told investigators that Childers became upset, punching her in the face several times before she scratched his face.</p><p>Childers ran out of the apartment naked, the incident report states, and authorities later found his clothes inside the living room. He was arrested early Sunday morning.</p><p>Master Deputy Kevin Bobo said Childers does not have a prior criminal record.</p>